Queering Wordsworth: Parody Poeming: English Suppression or Wordsworth Gazes on Thom Gunn

DS106 Trial Assignment Sunday, 3 Apr 2016, 17:20Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 3 Apr 2016, 17:21– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 3 Apr 2016, 17:21 My response is based on this mid-difficulty writing assignment. My poem title is: English Suppression or Wordsworth Gazes on Thom Gunn My poem: Vacantly loitering in … More Queering Wordsworth: Parody Poeming: English Suppression or Wordsworth Gazes on Thom Gunn

Reflecting on Lewis, Marc (2015) ‘The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease’

Thursday, 9 Feb 2017, 20:39Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 10 Feb 2017, 20:21– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 9 Feb 2017, 20:41 Review of: Lewis, Marc (2015) The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease Melbourne & London, Scribe Publications The value of this book can’t be under-estimated and should not … More Reflecting on Lewis, Marc (2015) ‘The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease’

Reflecting on ‘The Death of Jesus’ (2020) by J.M, Coetzee, London, Harvill Secker. The third and final book of his ‘Jesus’ trilogy.

Reflecting on The Death of Jesus (2020) by J.M, Coetzee, London, Harvill Secker.  The third and final book of his ‘Jesus’ trilogy. For 2016 reflection of the second book from the trilogy, use this link. No reflection by me on the first book in the trilogy. I feel as though my first reading of this … More Reflecting on ‘The Death of Jesus’ (2020) by J.M, Coetzee, London, Harvill Secker. The third and final book of his ‘Jesus’ trilogy.

Reflecting on reading and watching plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see ‘Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti’ At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina).

Reflecting on reading and watching  plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina), March 21st 2020. And having now read (for the first time) Brecht, B. (tr. Willet, J.) [1987] Mr Puntila and His Man … More Reflecting on reading and watching plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see ‘Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti’ At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina).

Reflecting on images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. @Sumarlidh

Reflecting on the images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. ‘Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Asia Minor (270-343AD). Known as the “Wonderworker”, Nicolas, a secret gift-giver, is patron saint of sailors, repentant thieves, merchants, archers, brewers, pawnbrokers, students, prostitutes, and children,’ is how Somerled describes the subject of their drawing which … More Reflecting on images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. @Sumarlidh

Reblog: Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition

Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition Monday, 17 Aug 2015, 19:42Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 17 Aug 2015, 19:44 Figure 1: Stahl (2006:237) diagram of the Cycle of knowing Stahl’s model of the cycle of knowing or ‘group cognition’ shows the necessary and intrinsic link between the processes of ‘personal knowing’ and … More Reblog: Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition

Reblogging some old reflections on openness in teaching and learning at @OpenUniversity

Activity 11: Little OERs – creativity, scholarship, teaching and learning Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016, 16:46Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 21:59– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016, 16:47 I don’t want to even try and juggle with the big – little OER binary in Weller (2012, 2016) … More Reblogging some old reflections on openness in teaching and learning at @OpenUniversity

Rebogging Reflections on the limits of ‘social presence’ in best-practice teaching online: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster

H817 Activity 12, Block 2: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 20:33Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 20:40 H817 Activity 12, Block 2: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster The reading here was useful and interesting and I found myself … More Rebogging Reflections on the limits of ‘social presence’ in best-practice teaching online: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster

Reblog: Sian Bayne (2015)* on Teacherbot – what is teaching?

Bayne (2015)* on Teacherbot Thursday, 17 Dec 2015, 19:12Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 23 Dec 2015, 19:38– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 17 Dec 2015, 19:19 Sian Bayne and the Edinburgh’s school’s newest publication is both an extension of her application of postmodernist accounts of ‘p-leisure’ in the work of learning … More Reblog: Sian Bayne (2015)* on Teacherbot – what is teaching?

A Highlight in Modern Scottish Storytelling: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Graeme Macrae Burnet HIS BLOODY PROJECT

Steve’s Bookers: Graeme Macrae Burnet HIS BLOODY PROJECT Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016, 21:23Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 11 Aug 2016, 06:28– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016, 21:30 No-one who truly loved reading could dislike this book. It bespeaks the writer in their most professional mode. Indeed I think … More A Highlight in Modern Scottish Storytelling: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Graeme Macrae Burnet HIS BLOODY PROJECT

Can male fertility-anxiety make a novel? Steve’s 2016 Bookers – Wyl Menmuir THE MANY

Steve’s Bookers – Wyl Menmuir THE MANY Friday, 12 Aug 2016, 20:44Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 12 Aug 2016, 20:45 This was a strange choice for the Booker Longlist. It opens as with echoes of The Wicker Man – ordinary ‘urban’ middle class couple enter a remote fishing village. One expects their … More Can male fertility-anxiety make a novel? Steve’s 2016 Bookers – Wyl Menmuir THE MANY

On reading racism and self: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Paul Beatty THE SELLOUT

Steve’s Bookers: Paul Beatty THE SELLOUT Tuesday, 9 Aug 2016, 15:01Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 9 Aug 2016, 15:06 This is difficult, because despite my total agreement with the critical positivity surrounding this book, I found it hard to read. That may be, I think, either because I have a … More On reading racism and self: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Paul Beatty THE SELLOUT